. >>> mitt romney picked up a big endorsement. eric cantor, the number two republican in the house, announced he's backing romney on "meet the press." >>> you may think criminals with deadly weapons are the greatest danger police officers face on the beat. but traffic incidents can be as dangerous, if not more so. in our next story, officers on highway patrol find themselves in harm's way. >> come on, hurry! hurry, hurry! come on, come on, let's go! >> on an icy interstate, a car is crushed between the police vehicle and a careening tractor trailer. >> i thought for sure the driver of that car would have been seriously injured, if not killed. >> february 13th, 2007. officers douglas eagler and bill allen report for duty at the erlanguor, kentucky, police department. at 7:00 p.m., the night is already wet and icy. >> when we started our shift, we had to use our flashlights to knock the ice off our overhead light bar. so we knew we were in for probably a long night. >> bad weather for drivers means hard and dangerous work for police